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Global Home Exchange and Vacation Homes is a marketplace for home exchange, vacation rentals, house swaps, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday home swaps and vacation homes in BC, across Canada and worldwide. Travelers find homes for exchange or rent including houses, apartments, flats, town homes, condos, chalets, cabins, beach houses, villas, bed and breakfasts and other vacation lodging. 
 

 

 

Home Exchange - How do I get started? 

How do I get started? 

 

You have decided to try a home swap, now what do you do to find an exchange?

If you started a new business, lets say on a busy corner in downtown Manhattan New York, you likely wouldn't need to do a lot of advertising. However if your business was in a residential area, you would want others to know where you were. The best way to do this is to advertise.

Using the same scenario for home exchanges, if you are a member and have a listing for a beach house in Hawaii, a flat in Central London, apartment in Manhattan or a villa in Tuscany, people will come to you searching for an exchange. One of our London home exchange members has shared that she receives well over 100 offers for an exchange every year.

The rest of us need register our exchange plus go out and let others know that we are open to a home exchange. If your home is in an out of the way area or not tourist oriented, we encourage you to send out heaps of inquiries, and put a bit of effort into explaining about your home, neighborhood and area. As Global is network of several home exchange clubs, we suggest you take advantage of the worldwide membership offered and send our lots of inquiries to support your listing. 


Some home exchangers like to plan years ahead, while others are open to swapping homes within a few days. Most people who are open to swapping homes for vacations, start looking for exchange partners 4 to 12 months ahead of leaving on their trip. 

Where would you like to travel to on an exchange?

Many home exchange members are available to travel to almost any destination, while others are more specific. Perhaps its to some popular worldwide city destination such as New York, San Francisco, Sydney, London or Rome. How about a beach home in Hawaii, the Caribbean, Gold Coast or Spain. Maybe a the country side of France, Canada, New Zealand or the USA appeals to you or maybe it's a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, Colorado, Tahoe, Utah, Vermont or Alberta, that sets your appetite for travel. What ever your destination may be, city, country side or off the beaten path area, there are people open to exchanging homes. Start by exploring the home exchange listings. Then have fun planning and writing your own listing.

The top 10 most popular house exchange destinations as determined by Global members desired destinations over the past nine years.

1. USA  2. Italy  3. UK  4. France  5. Open to any destination  6. Australia  7. Any beach location  8 Near places to downhill ski  9. Ireland  10. Canada


While these destinations are our most popular, many members are open to exploring many other areas of the world or off the beaten path locations. 

Home Exchange Help

Responding to others home exchange inquiries


I send out home exchange inquiries but have few replies:

My listing is not receiving responses

I am being swamped with responses


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Home Exchange Resources  - Swapping homes for vacations

 

What is a home exchange?

Home exchange: how do I get started?

 

Finding a home swap partner

 

Will anyone find an exchange for me?

 

Home exchange help


Is my home good enough to swap? 

 

Affordable budget travel

 

Can anyone take part in a home exchange?

 

Factors that may reduce your home exchange opportunities

 

Can swappers from rural areas find swaps to popular destinations?

 

How do I trust others with my home?

 

Traveling with children


Types of accommodations offered as home exchange?

 

What are the benefits?

How do I know if an exchange is right for me?

 

I don't live in a tourist area.

 

International home exchange

 

Contacting others regarding a home swap

 

Not receiving responses to your inquiries

 

Are you a list and run swapper?

 

Be a serious about your home exchange commitment

 

Do I need to accept offers?

Your home exchange is arranged - now what? 

 

Steps to a successful home exchange


How do we exchange keys?

Do we need to swap cars


Are gifts necessary?

 

High speed internet connection

Be prepared for little challenges 


Can arranged exchanges fall apart?

Housekeeping issues 

 

Are there guarantees that I will find an exchange?


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Global specializes in USA home exchange, USA vacation rentals, Canada home exchange, Canada vacation rentals   

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Global Home Exchange and Vacation Rentals is a marketplace for home exchange, vacation rentals, house swaps, bed and breakfast accommodation, holiday home swaps and vacation homes worldwide. Travelers find homes for exchange or rent including houses, apartments, flats, town homes, condos, chalets, cabins, beach houses, villas, bed and breakfasts and other vacation lodging. 4homex.com is also an effective and affordable means for property owners to promote their home swap and vacation rentals.

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